Russia unleashed a massive missile and drone attack on Kyiv and other cities across Ukraine on Wednesday, killing at least seven people and damaging critical infrastructure, the day after US President Donald Trump’s latest peace efforts appeared to unravel.
A young mother and her two small children were among the seven civilians killed, said Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko. One person died in a drone attack on a kindergarten in Kharkiv, where several children were injured, according to Svyrydenko. About two dozen people were injured across the 10 regions targeted.
The air strikes came after Trump cancelled a planned summit in Budapest with Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying he did not want it to be a “waste of time”. The two leaders had agreed to meet during a phone call last week.